Softball

BALTIMORE – The UMBC softball team
(19-28, 1-14 AE) hosts America East rival Boston University (34-14,
12-3 AE) for a three-game weekend series to finish the 2012 regular
season. The Retrievers and Terriers will play a
doubleheader on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. followed by a single
game on Sunday at 12 p.m. UMBC will celebrate Senior Day
with a pregame ceremony before the start of the season finale.

Last Time Out: UMBC and Maine went six and
a half innings without a run before the Black Bears finally scored
in the bottom of the seventh to edge the Retrievers, 1-0, and sweep
the three-game series in Orono. Starter Katie
Ferguson pitched 6.2 innings for the Retrievers scattered
seven hit while striking out eight batters. Maine
claimed game one of Saturday's doubleheader, 7-1, before taking
game two, 9-1, in six innings.

Inside the Series: Boston U. leads the
all-time series with UMBC 19-6 after taking two of three from the
Retrievers last season in Boston. The Terriers own the
longest win streak in the series, eight consecutive wins, spanning
the 2006-2008 seasons. UMBC's longest win streak in the
series is three games when they took the final game of the 2005
series and then the first two in 2006.

Scouting the Retrievers

UMBC is 19-28 overall and 1-14 in conference play this season
following last weekend's sweep at Maine. Prior to the series
in the Pine Tree State, the Retrievers swept a doubleheader with
LaSalle at home last Tuesday. Ashley Carver hit her
first career homerun in game one to lead UMBC to a 3-2 win before
the Retrievers scored five runs in the fifth inning and then held
off a late Explorer rally to sweep the two games with a 5-3
win.

Sophomore Jessica
Warner (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) leads the
Retrievers' offense with a .382 average (55-for-144), 10 homeruns
and 26 RBIs. The third baseman ranks third in the
conference in average and homeruns and second in hits (55).

Freshman Taylor
Hall (Cosby, Va./Cosby) has also been a spark for UMBC,
leading the squad and the America East with 14
doubles. The catcher/first baseman has been named
America East Rookie of the Week twice this season.

Scouting the Terriers

Boston U. is tied for second in the America East with Albany
with a 12-3 mark in conference play to go along with a 34-14
overall record. The Terries split two midweek games this
past week, defeating conference rival Maine, 5-3, on Tuesday before
falling to in-state rival Massachusetts, 1-0, on the road on
Wednesday.

Jayme Mask has initiated the Terrier offense from the
lead-off spot this year, hitting a team-best .358 (48-for-134)
while scoring 33 runs. Megan
Volpano and Brittany Clendenny bring the power for
BU as Volpano leads the squad with 32 RBIs and Clendenny has a
team-best seven homeruns.

Pitcher Holli Floetker leads the Terriers with 16 wins
and a 1.75 ERA.